Toy for expanding the lungs.



No. 741,492. A

Patented October 13, 1903.

UNITED STATES PATENT i' OLAF HENRICHSEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

`'rovi-'on ExPANDlNc THE LuNcs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,492, dated October 13, 1903.

Application led January 7| 1903. Serial No. 138,122. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLAF HENRICHSEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,

- have invented a new and Improved Toy for Expanding the Lungs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a toy which in action will aord amusement, since it will have the character of a trick device and in practice will tend as a developer or expander for the lungs and to so construct the device that it will include a blowpipe, a guide rising from the blowpipe, a vessel to be blown up from the pipe upon the guideto a position of rest above the blowpipe, and a secondvessel having a exible connection with the frame of the toy, which second or auxiliary vessel is to be also raised by the force of air introduced vthrough the blowpipe and made to engage with a bail or its equivalent carried by the first-named vessel or any support located at a point above the blowpipe.

AAnother purposel of the invention is to so construct the vessels to be raised by the force of the breath that their weight may be eX- peditiously and conveniently increased or lessened, so as to accommodate the weightof such vessels to the lung capacity of the operator and permit the weight of the vessels to be gradually increased as the lung capacity of the operator increases by reason of the use of the device or otherwise.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide the device with a scale which will indicate the force expended to lift a prescribed weight a given distance.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, t

in which similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a perspective view of the improved device, illustrating the manner in which it is operated. Fig. 2 is a section taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the vessels and a portion of the guide therefor."

A represents a blowpipe provided with a socket member B at its outlet end, and O represents a skeleton frame connected with and extending upward from the socket member B of the blowpipe, which socket member is usually made removablel from the blowpipe, being attached thereto by friction or by a threaded connection or otherwise,as;1nay.;be foui1d proved type, and the frame C is preferably made to include a vertical guide member, an upper supporting member, and an arm extending downward from the upper portion 'of in Figs. '1 and 2.

v6o desirable. The blowpipe may be.ofapy'ap-'y 6s. the vertical plane of the frame, as isshown f The4 detail construction of the framie1 ;C

shown in the drawings consists of 'verticalf` side members 10 and 1l, an upper connecting member 12, a vertical guide member 13, an

upper, preferably curved and dipped, sup-4 porting member 14:, and an arm 16, which extends from the side member 10 downwardly v T less diagonally thereof. The frame C and.'4

and rearwardly from the frame andlmoreor the socket member B of the device may be f made of any desired material, a wire of suitable gage being usually employed.

In connection with the frame and the blow'- pipe I preferably use' two vessels Dand D',

and these vessels are preferablyy made of a transparent material-as, for example, glass or celluloid--and each consists of a spherical body, (shown with a neck, but whichmay be made without a neck,) and the neck or top opening of the vessel is normally closed-by a stopper 17 of any desired type, and at the upper portion of the Vessel Dl a h ook 18 isw A secured either directly to the vesselor'tthe stopper for the same, and the upper'fportion I of the vessel D is connected with a cordonl thread 19 or other iiexible medium with the lower end of the arm 16', as is shown in Figs.

1 and 2.

The vessel D is provided with a link 20,

pivotally connected with its upper portion or. the stopper, which link is adapted to slide'x upon the guide member 13 of the frame-and upon its upper supporting member 14; The

IOO" f C) had and D' may be empty, or one or both may be partially or entirely lled with a liquid 22 or other material adapted to weight the same. When a liquid is used for this purpose, it is usually colored to render the vessel decorative. As these vessels D and D are adapted to rest one after the other in the socket member B of the blowpipe and are to be forced upward from said socket member by the breath of the operator delivered through the blowpipe A, it is evident that when the vessels are in place and are empty comparatively little lungpower will be necessary to lift them and that by gradually adding to the weight of the vessels by filling them to a greater or less extent the power of exhalation will be gradually increased, and likewise the expansive and contractive powers of the lungs, so that the lungs will be gradually developed in the interest of health.

I preferably place a scale 15 upon the side member 1l of the frame adjacent to the guide member 13, which scale is so divided and the divisions indicated by numerals as to indicate tothe operator the number of pounds pressure or cubic inches required to raise a vessel to any height within the range of its action.

In the operation of the device the vessel D is preferably rst placed in the socket B of the blowpipe A and is blown up along the guide 13 until it reaches and takes position upon the upper supportingbar 14 of the frame, as is shown in Fig. 1, the said vessel D being shown in its lower position in Fig. 2. The vessel D', suspended from the arm 16, is then placed in the socket B of the blowpipe A, and it is the aim of the operator to blow this latter vessel D' upward until its hook 18 engages with and is supported by the bail 2l of the vessel D or so that the hook 1S, if desired, may be brought to supporting engagement with the supporting member 14 of the frame. It is evident that the weight of the vessels may be expeditiously and conveniently regulated, that the device may be very compact in construction and may be made in simple yet durable and attractive manner, that various modifications may be made in the form of the frame, that the scale 15 may be omitted, if desired, and that but one vessel need be employed if deemed best.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a device for expanding the lungs, a support, a hollow vessel adapted to be raised and lowered relative to said support, which vessel has a stoppered inlet-opening whereby the vessel may be weighted to suit the requirements of the operator, means for guiding the said vessel relative to the said support, and a blowpipe having its outlet so placed as to be within the range ot' the said vessel, for the purposes described. l

2. In a toy for expanding the lungs, a blowpipe, a socket at the outlet end of the blowpipe, a frame carried by the socket, and a hollow vessel having an inlet-opening and a stopper for closing the same, which vessel is provided with a guide adapted to travel upon the said frame, whereby the said vessel may be filled with a uid in such proportion as may be suitable for the operator, and whereby also the weight of the vessel maybe increased or decreased as may be found desirable without removing the vessel from connection with the saidframe, as described.

3. A toy for expanding the lungs, consisting of a blowpipe, a frame connected with the blowpipe, including a vertical guide and a supporting member extending from the guide member, and a vessel held to travel on the said guide and to find lodgment on the said support, which vessel is adapted to be carried upward by the force of the air passing through the blowpipe, as specified.

4. A toy for expanding the lungs, consisting of a blowpipe, a frame supported by the blowpipe, a vessel having sliding and guided movement upon members of the frame, and a second vessel having a iiexible connection with the said frame, as set forth.

5. A toy for expanding the lungs, consisting of a blowpipe, a frame supported by the blowpipe, a vessel having sliding movement upon members of the frame, a second vessel having a iiexible connection with the said frame, and means substantially as described, for connecting one vessel with the other.

6. In a toy for expanding the lungs, a blowpipe, a frame removably connected with the blowpipe, which frame includes a guide member and an upper supporting member c011- nected with the guide member, and an arm extending downward from the upper portion of the frame out of the plane of a side of the frame, a vessel having a link connection with the said guide member and provided with a downwardly-extending bail, a second vessel provided with a hook adapted for engagement with the bail of the first-named vessel, and a flexible connection bet-Ween the second-named vessel and the said arm, for the purpose described.

7. In a toy for expanding the lungs, a blowpipe, a frame connected with the blowpipe, a scale connected with the frame, and a vessel adapted for movement to and from the blowpipe and raised by the air passing through said blowpipe, the said vessel being hollow and provided with a stoppered opening, whereby the weight of the vessel may be :increased or decreased as desired, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OLAF HENRICHSEN.

Witnesses:

.1. FRED. ACKER, JN0. M. RITTER.

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